Share:LAHORE - Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Industries and Production Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi said on Monday that the government was creating a favourable business and industrial environment in the country to restore confidence of local industrialists, traders and investors. He chaired a meeting at the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) head office, and was briefed by SAMEDA Chief Executive Officer Hashim Raza about authority’s working, achievements and targets. He said political stability was a prerequisite to economic development, asserting that in today’s world, only those nations were truly free which had stabilised their respective economies and developed themselves on strong footing. He hoped that viable economic and business policies of the government would help restore confidence of the local businessmen and industrialists, and they would start diverting their investment from real estate to industry and manufacturing sector. SMEDA CEO Hashim Raza gave a detailed presentation to the SAPM about the authority’s services, projects, working, achievement and targets.
